Improvement in guides for building ricks and stacks



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GUIDES FOR. BUILDING RICKS AND STACKS. NQ, 184,415 Patented Nov. 14,18,76.

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JOHN MURDOCK AND HENRY MURDOGK, OFl POSEYVILLE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN GUIDES FQR BUILDING RICKS AND STACKS.

" Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,415, datedNovember 14, 1876; application led l May 27, 1876. f

1,'0 all whom it may concern 'Be it known that we, JOHN MURDooKand HENRYMURDooK, of 'Poseyville, county of Posey, and State ot' Indiana, haveinvented a new and' Improved Guide for Building Ricks or Stacks, ofwhich the following is-aspecitication: l

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l,

`Sheet l, is a top view of ourimproved device arranged for use. Fig. 2,Sheet l, is a'vertical longitudinal section of the same taken throughthe line X X, Fig. l, and Fig. 3, Sheet 2, is a vertical cross sectionof the same taken through the line Y Y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of our invention is to furnish a guide for use in buildingricks or stacks of grain and straw, which shall be simple 4inconstruction, effective in use, and easily adjusted as the rickincreases in height.

Our invention consists in the combination of the sliding hub, providedwith the band, the two blocks provided with hooks at their inner ends,and the eye-plates at their outer ends, the four inclined bars providedwith the hooks at their inner ends, the four sliding hubs, the endgates, and the extension side gate, made with inclined ends, with eachother and the post; and in the combination of the rope, the pulley, andthe windlass with the post and the two blocks of the guide, ashereinafter fully described.

In the annexed drawing, Ais a post of suitable height, the lower end ofwhich isset in the ground tothe depth of a foot or more. To the upperend of the post A are secured the upper ends of three or more guy-ropes,B, the lower ends of which are secured to stakes driven into the ground,or to other suitable supports. The guy-ropes B are held out of the wayby props G, the lower ends of which rest upon the ground, and theirupper ends rest against the side guy-ropes. Upon the post A is placed ahub, D, which slides up and down freely, but cannot turn upon it. Aroundthe upper part of the hub D is passed, and to it is secured, a band, E,upon which, at the sides of the hub D, toward the ends of the rick, arehooks f1, attached to the upper corners ofthe inner ends of the blocksF, which inner ends l l rest against the sides of the said hub D, so Ythat the said blocks may be held in a horii To the upper corners ot' thezontal position. outer ends of the blocks F are attached eyeplates f2,into the eyes of which are hooked j hooks g1 attached to the uppercorners of the inner ends of the bars G.

said bars G may have the inclination which the bundles of grain shouldhave to carry ofi' the water, and may thus serve as guides in laying thebundles. Similar bars G g1 are hooked upon the band E at the sides ofthe hub D, toward the sides of the rick, as shown in Fig. 3. Upon eachof the bars G is placed a hub, H, which is kept from slipping downwardby a pin, g2, passed through a hole in the bar G at the lower end of thesaid hub H, several holes being formed in the said bar to receive the said pins, so that the said hubs can be adjusted as required. The upperouter corners and the innerlower corners ofthe hubs H are .beveled o',as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. To

the outer sides of the hubs H, at the lower edge of the bevels, arehinged gates or guides I, the pivots of said hinges being detachable, sothat the gates can be removed when desired. The side gates I are made inthree parts, the end parts sliding in keepers J attached to themiddlepart, so that they can be extended and contracted according as alonger or shorter rick is to be built. K represents bolts, sliding inkeepers attached to the end parts of the end gates I, and which passthrough holes in the end parts of the sideV gates I, and have holesthrough their ends to receive the pins k', by which they are secured inplace. hubs H are attached staples h to receive the hooks L attached tothe upper sides of the gates I. To one of the blocks F is attached theend of a rope, M, which passes over-a pulley, N, pivoted in a slot inthe upper end of the post A. The other end of the rope M is secured tothe windlass O attached to the other block F.

In using the device the gates I are adjusted in position `to give thedesired size to the rick. The pins g2 are insertedinto the bars G belowthe hubs H, and the hooks L The inner ends of the bars G are beveledoff, and rest against` the outer ends of the blocks F,'so that the l Tothe inner and upper sides of the are hooked into the upper staples h.`When the rick has been huilt to the top ofthe gates I the windlass O isoperated, and the device is raised to the top of the built portion, andthe-rick is again built to the top ofthe gates I.

When the sides of the rick have been carried vertically up to thedesired height the bolts K are unfastened and drawn back. The inclinedends ofthe side gates are placed against the inner sides of the endgates, the hooks L are hooked into the inner staples h', the hubs H areslipped up on the bars- Gr, the pins g2 are. inserted beneath them, andthe ends of the side and end' gates are secured to each other by hooks Pattached to the ends of the side gates, and which enter notches or holesin the end gates. In this way the guide is contracted as the building iscontinued until the hubs H strike the outerends ot' the blocks F. Theguide is then taken down, and the rick is topped out without a guide.

In the case of large rickers the center-post A may be made in two parts,spliced to each other by a square tenon attached to one part,

and fitting into a square hole in the other part, where it is secured inplace bya key passing through the saidpart and the said tenon.

Having thus described oui` invention,what

we claim as new, and desire tov secure by Let ters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the sliding `hub D,

provided with two blocks, F, provided with `substantially as hereinshown and described.

2. `The combination of the rope M, the pulley N, andthe windlass O withthepost A and the blocks F `of the guide, substantiallyr as herein shownand described.

JOHN MUBDOOK. HENRY MURDOGK.

Witnesses:

J osEPH W. STEVENS, JOHN B. DAVIS.`

